Religious persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continues worldwide. In Pakistan, Blasphemy Laws are being used specially against Ahmadis to harass them. Millions of religious minority are under threat to be falsely implicated in any such case on the basis of personal enmity with a punishment from 3 years RI to death. This blog was created to update Pakistani visitors of www.thepersecution.org, access to which was blocked by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority without any reason.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Indonesian police said Monday they are questioning eight people involved in a bloody religious clash which claimed three lives at the weekend.

The incident, involving more than 1,000 Muslims who stormed a house in West Java on Sunday to stop the minority Ahmadiyah Islamic sect from holding worship, has been condemned by the government and rights activists.

National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said eight people are being questioned and investigations are ongoing, but police are yet to lay charges.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed police to take firm action against the perpetrators, “to capture them and haul them to court if need be,” his senior adviser Daniel Sparingga told AFP.

“The president is deeply concerned and condemned the violence and said that the country must be firm in defending the constitution, that would never allow small groups to use religion to attack groups of different faiths,” he said.

Indonesia’s constitution explicitly guarantees freedom of religion and the country of some 240 million people, 80 percent of whom are Muslim, has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

But a government decree adopted in 2008 under pressure from Islamic conservatives bans the Ahmadiyah sect from spreading its faith, which includes the belief that its founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, was the final Muslim prophet.

The group, which claims hundreds of thousands of members in Indonesia, has been repeatedly targeted with violence by members of hardline Islamic extremist organisations who operate with almost total impunity.

National Human Rights Commission chairman Ifdhal Kasim said Sunday’s incident was “embarrassing” as the police had made no effort to stop the mob.

“The police are biased and ignored their ultimate responsibility which is to protect the people,” he said.

“The government has no right to make judgments on whether a religion is heretical or not. Its job is to protect the people.”

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Footage shot by the ABC shows Indonesian military and police officers meeting with Muslim clerics to plan persecution of an Islamic sect.

Official Blasphemy by Pakistani Authorities

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Mob attack on Ahmadiyah Muslims in Umbulan Village, Indonesia

A Mob comprising of 1,500 religious fanatics, chanting slogans to destroy Ahmadiyah, attacked a house used by Ahmadiyah members for prayers in Umbulan Village, Cikeusik Sub district, Pandeglang District, Indonesia. About 20 Ahmadiyah followers were present in house when attackers started destroying the house, put various vehicles on fire. Three Ahmadis were brutally beaten to death after they were stripped while five sustained serious injuries. An Ahmadi who managed to save his life by showing his press card recorded this tragic incident.WARNING: This video contains some scenes of extreme violence, not fit for viewing by children or persons with weak hearts. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. ________________________